Parents' Testimonials

I just would want to congratulate you on running the best camp in the nation, by far. My son, Brenton A. attended your 14 day camp last summer and has just finished up his senior year of the regular season. I am glad to tell you besides being awarded ” the Outstanding wrestler award” during the season, he managed to Qualify for the PIAA State Championships in Hershey which is no small task. Brenton has come a long way and has much further to go. I just hope he finds the right coach to take him there.

Great Job!

I just wanted to send a quick email to you thank you for the things that you taught my son at the Oregon Intensive Wrestling Camp. Tyler Weiss my son came home saying “this was the hardest thing I have ever done And I loved it!” He continues to quote J Robinson and talks about all the things he learned. The day after he got home he awoke at 6:30AM and went for a 5 mile run. He says he needs to stay in a system. We hope he does well this year. His goal is to finish in the Top 3 in the state of Washington. I am sure it will not be easy but we hope if he continues to work hard that he can do it.

Matt Weiss (parent)

Wrestling partners Romero C and Atticus D attended the 28 day J-Rob Intensive camp prior to the start of their freshman year in high school. As freshmen Cotton won the 6A Kansas State tournament at 145 and Disney was 4th at 215. This year Cotton won the Kansas 6A State at 160 and Disney won the Kansas 4A State at 215. One camp…two friends…3 state championships and 1 4th place in just two years of high school wrestling.

The J Robinson Camps are the best money we have ever spent on our older son. They have helped make a great kid a great young man. The maturity and insight to himself that he gained through his experience there has been tremendous and a pleasure to watch unfold.

Thanks, Julie P

Our son attended your 28 day intensive camp in 2009 and was a rising junior at the time. He wanted to be the best so he wanted to attend the best.

Immediately upon his return home, we noticed a difference in his attitude, leadership and workout ethics. After placing 3rd in State in 2010, although happy with his finish, he was not satisfied and told us he needed to take it up a notch if he wanted to win states his senior year.

That is when the 3-4 a day workouts began. We figured once school started in August 2010 things would change. They did, but not what we expected. That is when the 5:30 a.m. workouts began at our local sports center, weight lifting class at school, 2 hour wrestling practice after school and then one more workout at the sports center before he retired for the night around 9:30. The workouts didn’t stop on the weekends either. It was not unusual for him and his Dad to run anywhere from 8 to 13 miles on Sundays. This workout routine continued week in and week out.

We are proud to inform you that our son won the 2011 North Carolina State Wrestling Championship. The lesson our son learned from attending your 28 day intensive wrestling camp is that hard work, sacrifice and determination will get you anywhere you want to go.

We are so proud of him.

Sincerely,
Mike and Shirley

Coach and staff,

My son attended the 28 day camp this past summer prior to his sophomore year at Washburn Rural High School. He wrestled varsity as a freshman and had a 7 and 17 record, this season he improved to 24-13, won 1 tournament, placed in 5 others and took 3rd in his state qualifying tournament winning 1 match at the state tournament in a very tough bracket.

The biggest change we observed was in his mental toughness. He was behind in several big matches throughout the year, including his state qualifying matches, but never once gave up or had the look of fear that he had as a freshman. He was able to come back and win these tough matches. He attributes this to all the hard work he put in at your camp.

We are looking forward to even more growth and hope to bring he and some of his teammates to your future camps.

Sincerely, Klint & Karis D

JRob Camp,

I would like to report on some wrestling news from Sparta,, WI. Jared R a Jr. @ 140# Div. 1 was in the July 28-day camp. I’m not sure what your camp did to him but my son is an absolute beast this year. He is talking very seriously about attending again next year. He is currently ranked 5th in Div. 1 @ 140 # in Wisconsin and moving up the rankings. Jared is most recently the BI State Champion @ 140 which was just held in La Crosse Wi over the holiday break. This weight class had a total of 10 currently ranked kids in all 3 Divisions of Wisconsin. Another big accomplishment was he didn’t give up a takedown the whole tourney!!

He’s also the Champion at the Ed Stech Invite of 20 teams held in West Allis, WI which is in Milwaukee. Jared defeated two wrestlers that are ranked in the state to win it. As a father you can only imagine how proud and impressed I am with Jared’s season so far, when we talked at the season’s start he had set some BIG goals and through his training at the 28-day camp he was ready to be challanged and Jared has rose to the challange. Jared is 22-1 overall at this time with his 1 loss coming in the first weekend of the season. He has turned this negative to positive and hasn’t looked back.

Jared is closing in on his 100 th career win in the next couple of weeks. I have had people come up to me and ask how did Jared step up his intensity and I’m very proud to say 3 words J Robinson Camp. Jared and I are coming to Mpls in Jan for the Minnesota/Iowa dual. Jared is planning a college career in wrestling and I have never been to a college match should be fun.

Thanks for your time,

Steve R, Sparta, Wisconsin

Hello J and fellow coaches. My youngest son, Mike, who will be 15 next month has made up his mind and selected your camp above all others. His big brother, Kennie, attended and completed camp in 2000, (he has “THE T-Shirt”) and broke it out of its glass case to let Mike touch it. Kennie was 18 when he successfully completed the camp so this will be a big challenge for Mike. As a coach and father, I am proud that my boys have been athletes, we all are appreciative of the lessons learned at your camp. Kennie is 23 now and a good man. My boys mean everything to us and we feel the J. Robinson camp strengthens character, enhances skills, and provides that winning edge. Thank you J…

My son attend camp in Georgia and had a wonderul time…

He won 5th place at Nationals and lost in the quarter finals by one point (2-1) and then won placement back. Lost again by 4-3. No back points scored against him. He dominated in the matches that he won and had the quickest pins in his brackets, 24 and 30 seconds. He was really pleased by his work and felt confident. Hic coach said he was really prepared and ready by the preparation that you guys had done the week before. Thanks again. You really made his day and really boosted his confidence. We live in an area bombarded by names and teams that have dominated him, and he had been beaten up by the best in the nation. The other day he had youn men crying when they left the mat. He was surprised and so were the coaches.

Eddie S

My son Brandon, a three time J Robinson camper, is the new Kansas High School 5A 160lb State champ. It was the first time in 14 years the pittsburg Dragons have had A State champ. He defeated last year’s state champ for the title and now he’s looking forword to his senior year. I just wanted to let you and staff know what a major positive influence you had on my son’s present and future success.

Thanks again,

Lee & Shelly W

Dear Staff;

I just wanted you to know how your camp impacted my sons this year.

Our son Evan, a junior at Crook County High School, went from 6th at district his freshmen and sophomore years, to district champion and 6th at the 4A level in the 2001 state tournament. He has now qualified to go to Battle Creek, MI for the National Scholastic duals as the 160 lbs. member of the team. Such an incredible opportunity. After districts last year I wondered if he would ever make it out of our district.

Our second son Derek, a freshman at Crook County High School, placed 7th in one of the toughest conferences in the state after wrestling JV behind a very talented senior for the season.

Evan and Derek attended your camp in Susanville last summer. We are very pleased with the results of your camp. It sounded like the toughest experiences our sons have gone through and may ever go through but the dividends are paying off and I believe will continue to pay off.

Just a little kudos for encouraging and molding out sons.

Sincerely,
Dianne H

Jay took 2nd at the New England Preps march 3rd in the 125 class. The score of his final was 9-4, and he beat the first seeded kid in the semi finals 6-4. Jay was so proud to wear his 28-day shirt at the tournament. A couple other kids had shirts from your camp too, but I told my son you’re the only one here with the 28-day shirt. He looks forward to your camp again and I do believe your camp helped him win first in the New England Preps Division 3 in cross-country.

Thanks
Mr. H

Dear J Robinson,

I am so impressed at what my son learned at your wrestling camp. It wasn’t just the wrestling, though that was great too. He learned a lot at the other wrestling camps, but there was something else at your camp. Setting goals in life, thinking about how he is with people, thinking about what is important in life, these are things he came home with from J Robinson Camps…he seemed to grow and mature from the experiences there, and he talked about how nice the people in wrestling are.

Thank you for running a camp that attends to the bigger picture in these young men, and the values they grow up with.

Dear J. Robinson,

I have sent you a picture of three graduates of your 2003 28-day Intensive wrestling camp. The wrestlers in the picture from left to right are: Jason (135 lbs), Kyle (112 lbs), and Mark (103 lbs) and their high school wrestling coach Tony Evans (Battle Creek-Lakeview, Battle Creek Michigan)

These three boys endured your grueling summer camp and went on to qualify for the 2004 Michigan High school Lower Peninsula State Finals being held March 11 – 13 at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Jason took third place at Regionals. Kyle and Mark were the Regional Champions.

The emotional and physical training that they received at your camp has been instrumental in getting all three boys to the State Championships.

We thought you’d appreciate a follow-up on just a few of your graduates.

As you can see in the picture, the boys are very proud of being graduates of the J. Robinson program, and they take every opportunity to wear their shirts proudly in public.

Thank you again for providing a wonderful camp for wrestlers who are willing to go that extra mile to be a successful wrestler.

Sincerely,

Mary M.

I just wanted to say how great I think your camp is. My son Matt has been to big university camps as well as smaller school ones, but this one is by far the best one I have seen yet. Your staff watches and pushes the kids harder than anyone I have ever seen. At a different camp we were at, the kids were messing around and the staff would just stand around and talk with each other. I have been going down about every other day to watch the hard practice and am very impressed. J is quite a coach as well as a motivator. I am not sure if my son wants to go back next year or not but if he does I will be sure to send him. A friend of J’s recommended this camp for my son.

Thank you very much.
Dan M

I wanted to tell [J], yourself, and the staff at JROB thank you. Joey went from 18 -20 record last year as a freshman to 37-9 so far this year. I am so proud of him he is crossing goals off his list every week ... I cannot believe how much the 14 day camp helped him. Joey wants to come to the 28 day camp this year.Neither one of us even let the thought cross our minds of not sending him. He will see you at the 28 day camp